Boston, MA Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)

1 designates the market area as Blackstone Street from North to Hanover, North Street from Blackstone to Union, and Hanover Street from Blackstone to Union, excluding Union Street itself and any other street outside that footprint. on Fridays and Saturdays only. 3 gives the Health and Hospitals Department's Health Division authority to decide who is a proper person to license and which portion of the market area each vendor is assigned to occupy. 4 lets the Commissioner of Public Works issue sidewalk or street licenses for the same footprint on other days, and even on Fridays and Saturdays for any street space not already assigned to a licensed pushcart vendor, under the Department's 1955 rules and regulations.

5 adds an annual cleanup charge on top of any licensing fee: each licensee pays for the city's collection and disposal of commercial refuse and garbage generated in the market, with the Commissioner of Public Works setting the amount based on actual city cleanup costs, capped at $1,000 per license per fiscal year.